Let's face it-getting an insurance quote is a hassle.Long forms, slow responses, and confusing prices are all part of the deal.But things are changing fast.
The decomposing bodies of an 80-year-old woman and her 52-year-old son were discovered inside a downtown Brooklyn apartment where neighbors said neither victim had been seen in some time, police said Thursday. Neighbors in the building on Jay St. near Tillary St. called police just before 1 p.m. Wednesday asking them to check on the mother after smelling a foul odor, cops said.
A mother and son were discovered mummified inside a Brooklyn apartment on Wednesday afternoon - after residents reported a troubling smell wafting through the building for days, according to sources and authorities. The 80-year-old woman and 52-year-old man were discovered by officers who entered the building on the corner of Jay Street and Tillary Street in Downtown Brooklyn for a wellness check just before 1 p.m., according to the NYPD.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani was elected as the new mayor of New York City on November 4, marking a ground-breaking win for a number of underrepresented groups. It was a home run for Democratic Socialists, whose platform Mamdani has championed since starting his career for public office. It was also a win for minorities, with Mamdani becoming the city's first Muslim and Indian-Ugandan mayor.More than anything, though, it was a sweeping victory for soccer fanatics.
A long-planned vision for Harlem became reality Wednesday with the opening of the Urban League Empowerment Center, a $242 million, 414,000-square-foot hub that blends housing, history, and hope on 125th Street. The project, led by the National Urban League, brings the organization's national headquarters back to Harlem, the neighborhood where the League rose to prominence more than a century ago.
Speaking at a press conference alongside First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro and Deputy Mayor for Housing Adolfo Carrión Jr. shortly before the Council voted Wednesday afternoon, Won said OneLIC had succeeded where four other attempts to rezone the neighborhood had failed due to the extensive public engagement that has been carried out over the past two years. She pointed to 21 large public forums and 14,000 mailers among several other public engagement initiatives, adding that the OneLIC Neighborhood Plan "does right" by the local community.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani is a Ugandan-born immigrant of Indian descent, raised Shia Muslim in an interfaith household in Morningside Heights. The novelty of his origins has broad appeal. As Zenat Begum, Brooklynite and founder of Bed-Stuy's coffeehouse and community space Playground, put it, "He is a walking concoction of every New Yorker in one person." Still, one trait is all too familiar in this city's political imagination-his Muslimness.
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade enchants audiences each November as it cascades down the 2.5-mile route toward the Macy's Herald Square flagship store. From the iconic giant floating balloons, to celebrity appearances and classic Broadway performances, there's something for everyone to enjoy on this joyous morning. Many dream of attending the parade in person but aren't sure where to start.
A pair of vicious pit bulls have terrorized a Coney Island building for months, killing one innocent pup and mangling two more, outraged pet owners said Wednesday. The latest attack took place Sunday morning when a French bulldog, Calypso, had just gotten back to Coney Island Commons - and one of the pit bulls snatched the tiny dog in its mouth and made it go limp. "It grabbed her by the head and shook her around like a rabbit," owner Diane Bradley, 56, recalled to The Post.
The NYPD said the suspect, sometimes working with an accomplice, has approached victims on scooters or mopeds, brandishing a firearm and demanding jewelry, cash, or bikes. The robberies have occurred since mid-September in broad daylight across multiple precincts, from the South Bronx to the Upper East Side, Midtown, and Lower Manhattan. The spree began on September 14, when two men on a two-wheeled vehicle approached a 31-year-old man at Clay Avenue and East 167th Street in the Bronx, displayed a gun,
Mamdani's run was barely a blip then, but Califano sensed the swell of something shifting. He asked Mamdani's communications director if he could follow the campaign behind the scenes (and on his own dime) for a long-term documentary project. They said yes, and over the next nine months, Califano embedded himself within Zohran's team, photographing everything from union rallies to neighborhood canvassers to Ramadan iftars among aunties. He burned through more than 100 rolls of film in the process.
Beginning Nov. 13 on the Q6, Bx20, Bx3 and Bx7 bus routes, vehicles improperly using busways and bus lanes, blocking bus stops or illegally double parked will be fined. Fines start at $50 but can be as much as $250 for repeat offenders. These additional bus lines total 47 routes that are currently enforced with ACE. More than 1,400 buses are now ACE-equipped. They cover 545 miles of routes that serve around 840,000 daily bus riders.
A 32-year-old man was arrested for crashing a stolen FedEx truck and attempting to steal an ambulance. It all happened on Sunday, just after 2 p.m. Police responded to a call of a FedEx truck that was stolen at 606 Carroll St. Domanique Bullock is accused of getting in a parked FedEx and pushing the 25-year-old driver out of the truck before fleeing in the vehicle.
A major decision facing Mayor-elect Mamdani will be to select a new Department of Transportation Commissioner. The scope of the assignment is vast as is its impact. Transportation is an issue confronted by every New Yorker, every day - and we are all experts. Every Mayor since Mike Bloomberg has been engaged in the mission to reimagine how we move people to reduce our dependence on private cars and to focus instead on public transit, bikes and walking, and under Mayor de Blasio, a similar effort began to reimagine how we move freight - both to and within the city - to reduce our embarrassing over-dependence on large trucks and instead to use our original highways, the waterways, as well as rail and small, environmentally friendly vehicles.
When Zohran Mamdani stunned New York City's political establishment by defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary and winning the mayoral election last week, much of the attention focused on his viral social media presence and charismatic appeal to young voters. But behind the 34-year-old assemblyman's historic victory was a strategic mind who helped reshape how the campaign connected with voters: Zara Rahim, a communications expert who has spent more than a decade at the intersection of politics, culture and digital strategy.
The bigoted vandal, law enforcement sources said, seemed to take extraordinary efforts to conceal their identity wearing all-black clothing, including matching gloves and a long-brimmed fedora that made seeing any distinguishing facial features nearly impossible. Cops confirmed on Monday that the Nov. 5 incident has been classified as a hate crime, with the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force now leading the active investigation into the vandalism and the search for the perpetrator responsible.
Manhattan Turkey Trot 5K Randall's Island Field #10, 130 Central Road, Randall's Island Sunday, Nov. 16, 8:30 am Kiddie Dash; 9 am General Start Ages 5 and older $38.98 Trot on down to Randall's Island for the Manhattan Turkey Trot 5K! Run the scenic and unique path along the Island. Enjoy sweet & savory turkey-trot swag and treats from Waterloo Sparkling Water to commemorate your achievement! A portion of the event proceeds benefits the Never Stop Running Foundation.
Today, we honor Judge Akowe's lifelong service to NYC and in Brooklyn, where he was born and raised. We celebrate his prolific legal career, which began at the Brooklyn DA's Office before serving in the NY State Unified Court System, NYC Council, Department of Corrections, NYC Employees' Retirement System, NYS Governor's Office and NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection,
Victoria Davis and Victor Dempsey say they have been fighting for justice for their brother, Delrawn Small, for almost a decade. Small was fatally shot on July 4, 2016, in front of his four-month-old son, step-daughter, and girlfriend. Family members say video footage of the incident, taken near the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Bradford Street in East New York on the night in question, shows an off-duty cop acting unhinged in a road rage incident and firing a gunshot out of his window,
In his victory speech after winning the New York mayoral election last week, Zohran Mamdani came out swinging. The speech included, among other dramatic flourishes, a reference to the socialist titan Eugene Debs, shoutouts to the city's Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses, tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru and Fiorello La Guardia, sprinkles of Arabic and it was all delivered with the cadence and command of a hip-hop emcee.